Comments on: Breakdown of our Electricity Bill http://www.outofdebtagain.com/2008/07/breakdown-of-our-electricity-bill/ ...we did it before, we can do it again Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:21:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mrs. Accountability http://www.outofdebtagain.com/2008/07/breakdown-of-our-electricity-bill/#comment-202 Mrs. Accountability Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:56:00 +0000 http://www.outofdebtagain.com/2008/07/breakdown-of-our-electricity-bill/#comment-202 @Sheila, we're in Arizona. Our temps out here get hotter than they did when we lived in the city. Our bills weren't always this high but they have risen each year that we've lived here. Over the past weekend in our area it was over 120°F - that's as far as our outdoor thermometer will go and never got under 95°F during the night.<br/><br/>@Funny - Click on the "electricity" label to learn more. But to answer your question, we keep the thermostat at 81°F from 9am to 9pm, and 78°F from 9pm to 9am, using an automatic thermostat. Someone is home 24 hours a day and my son with Down Syndrome can't tolerate temperatures higher than 81°F.<br/><br/>We do live in a manufactured home, which appears to be well insulated as it gets down to 8°F in the winter and we've never yet used the heater. It's never gotten below 50°F in the house.<br/><br/>We do have all electric, which runs our water pump, water heater, stove/oven. We make an attempt to wash clothes on the weekend. We also have two freezers and two refrigerators which are older models. All of our windows are tinted and we put up a carport on the west side of the home to block the afternoon sun.<br/><br/>We have asked other folks in the area how much they pay and find we are paying less what others are putting out. One lady's husband is a welder and they regularly pay $550 and more a month. Mr. A also runs power tools to build things that he needs for his business so I'm sure that adds to the cost.<br/><br/>It just about kills me to have to pay the electric company this much money. I will look into those other things suggested. Thanks for posting, Funny and Sheila. @Sheila, we’re in Arizona. Our temps out here get hotter than they did when we lived in the city. Our bills weren’t always this high but they have risen each year that we’ve lived here. Over the past weekend in our area it was over 120°F – that’s as far as our outdoor thermometer will go and never got under 95°F during the night.

@Funny – Click on the “electricity” label to learn more. But to answer your question, we keep the thermostat at 81°F from 9am to 9pm, and 78°F from 9pm to 9am, using an automatic thermostat. Someone is home 24 hours a day and my son with Down Syndrome can’t tolerate temperatures higher than 81°F.

We do live in a manufactured home, which appears to be well insulated as it gets down to 8°F in the winter and we’ve never yet used the heater. It’s never gotten below 50°F in the house.

We do have all electric, which runs our water pump, water heater, stove/oven. We make an attempt to wash clothes on the weekend. We also have two freezers and two refrigerators which are older models. All of our windows are tinted and we put up a carport on the west side of the home to block the afternoon sun.

We have asked other folks in the area how much they pay and find we are paying less what others are putting out. One lady’s husband is a welder and they regularly pay $550 and more a month. Mr. A also runs power tools to build things that he needs for his business so I’m sure that adds to the cost.

It just about kills me to have to pay the electric company this much money. I will look into those other things suggested. Thanks for posting, Funny and Sheila.

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